Definition of Prison

1. Noun. A correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment.

Exact synonyms: Prison House
Specialized synonyms: Bastille, Chokey, Choky, Nick, Panopticon, State Prison
Terms within: Cellblock, Ward
Generic synonyms: Correctional Institution
Specialized synonyms: Newgate

2. Noun. A prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement.
Exact synonyms: Prison House
Generic synonyms: Situation, State Of Affairs

Definition of Prison

1. n. A place where persons are confined, or restrained of personal liberty; hence, a place or state o&?; confinement, restraint, or safe custody.

2. v. t. To imprison; to shut up in, or as in, a prison; to confine; to restrain from liberty.

Definition of Prison

1. to imprison [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: imprison

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prison

priseres
prisers
prises
prising
prism
prismatic
prismatically
prismatoid
prismatoids
prismoid
prismoidal
prismoids
prisms
prismy
prism spectroscope
prison (current term)
prison-breaking
prisonbreak
prisoned
prisoner
prisoner's base
prisoners
prisoner of war
prisoner of war camp
prisoner of war censorship
prisoning
prisonlike
prisons
prison camp
prison cell

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